W.W. v. I.M.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

ASHBEY, J.A.D.

In this contested custody case the judge granted plaintiff, father W.W. (Walter) and defendant mother I.M. (Isobel) joint custody of C.M. (Charles), but appointed Walter the primary residential parent. Isobel’s motion for a stay of this order was denied. Isobel appeals.1

Charles was born on August 15, 1980, at a time when Walter was married to Carla,2 to whom he had been married for some 20 years. Isobel ran a horse farm. Her occupation was breeding horses and giving riding lessons. She also cared for her recently bedridden mother who…